Orbelín Pineda

Mexico · La Liga · MF,FW · MEX · age 30

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team: Mexico
Position: MF
Squad role: Projected starter
Position rank: #2
Intl caps: 90
Intl goals: 12
Intl assists: 10
: 0.67(model rating, 0–1)
: 2.3%

See Orbelín Pineda on the full Mexico scoring list →

Major tournament stats

Tournament	MP	Min	xG	Sh	KP	PrgP	PrgC	Tkl	Int
Copa América 2024	3	154	0.8	3	4	12	17	3	0
World Cup 2022	1	76	0.5	4	1	7	4	3	1
All tournaments	4	230	1.3	7	5	19	21	6	1

Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples. Totals shown, not per-90 rates.

▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained

MP: Matches played in the tournament.
Min: Total minutes on the pitch.
G: Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A: Assists: passes that directly led to a goal.
xG: Expected goals: summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh: Shots taken.
KP: Key passes: passes that led to a shot.
PrgP: Progressive passes: completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC: Progressive carries: carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl: Tackles won.
Int: Interceptions.

Tournament scouting radar

Limited sample

Defending

Tackles won / 90

2.35

100

Interceptions / 90

0.39

Ball recoveries / 90

9.00

100

Blocks / 90

2.35

Clearances / 90

0.39

Pressures / 90

21.91

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90

7.43

Key passes / 90

1.96

Prog. carries / 90

8.22

Pass completion %

79.4%

Possession

Carries / 90

39.13

Dribbles / 90

1.57

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 103 midfielders with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better. This player is below the 270-minute bar, so their own rates rest on a small sample: read the percentiles as indicative.

Career matches

Career minutes

Goals

Assists

0.7

Career percentiles

Goals / 90

0.00

xG / 90

0.64

100

xAG / 90

0.09

vs 356 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG

Season-by-season

Season	Club	League			Goals	Assists
2021-22	Celta Vigo	La Liga	7	99	0	0	0.7	0.1

FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.

▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained

MP: Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins: Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals: Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists: Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG: Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG: Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.

FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.